The Grace of Universal Love

12 April, 2015
Hong Kong
Amy Choi

The grace of universal love
Belongs to you
No matter if you can see it

The daughters of heavens
Please stay rolling in the heavens!

My Power

26 March, 2015
Hong Kong
Amy Choi

My power
Comes from
The ancient memories
Buried deep down in the ocean

Human beings who were already dead
Need to pass through
Waters deep down in the ocean
To search
To touch
Infinite sadness

When sadness is over
Perhaps tears will leave behind
Tear marks
That remain unchanged after thousands of centuries

That forever exists
In a corner of the infinite universe

To wait for the next group of
Highly intelligent human beings to discover

Astounding Beauty

31 December, 2014
Zhengzhou, China
Amy Choi

Days after days
Years after years
Through countless changes of ocean and land

High mountains bred Shaolin

Great sky
Beautiful land
Astounded people

(The picture was taken by Ho Yu Yat from an access trail of Shaoshi Mountain in Song Mountains. According to the geological history, the Song Mountain area in Henan, where the renowned Shaolin Monastery was cultivated, has undergone six transformations between ocean and land. It had been a vast of ocean for six times. It can be truly said as having gone through great changes.)
Perhaps knew each other in our previous lives

Living Out The Rainbow Of Your Authentic Self

August 20, 2014 Amy Choi Hong Kong

Never mind about the rush of the rainbow
Only glad that she appears
Between the gap of sunshine and rain

Never mind about the dreaminess of the rainbow
Only enchanted by her beauty
Between the gap of heaven and earth

May you live out the rainbow of your authentic self
On every step of your life

Prayer Wheel

August 21, 2014, Hong Kong, by Amy Choi

Life after life
Search after search

By a friendly look
You invited me to turn the prayer wheel with you

Reincarnation
Reincarnation

Our heart and spirt know
You and I
Perhaps knew each other in our previous lives

Turning the prayer wheel
Listening to the prayers
Smelling the fragrant incense
In the dark temple

Namo Amitābhā
Namo Amitābhā

Tears surge like a spring
After calming down
I know
It is enough

No need to wave our hands
No need to exchange friendly look again
No need to say goodbye
No need to give blessings

I leave and go on my way
You continue to turn your prayer wheel

Most beautiful
Most beautiful

Authentic Self

July 3, 2014
Amy Choi
Hong Kong

If
There is no thought
No feeling
What is then
My authentic self?

If
There is no achievement
No possession
What is then
My authentic self?

If there is no past
No future
What is then
The me that exists now?

If
There is no here
No there
Where is the me
In?

When everything such as these
disappear
I
Just stand in front of
Me

That
Most primitive
Most lively
The little
Spiritual
Me

From nothing
To something
From something
To nothing

From there
I begin
From there
I come to the end

April 26, 2014 Amy Choi (Kyoto)

The Beginner's Mind

One step
Next step
And another step
Walk each step with
The beginner's mind

One word
Next word
And another word
Say each word with
The beginner's mind

One thought
Next thought
And another thought
Receive each thought with
The beginner's mind

No expectation
Just wait

Everything
Just is

Mar. 15, 2014
Amy Choi (Hong Kong, China)

A Double Doodle Play drawing created by Feng Ze Ying
who is studying in Vancouver inspired me to write a poem,
Reflection of the Soul. I see peace and colorfulness
deep inside the painter's soul in this drawing.

Double Doodle Play Drawing by Feng Ze Ying on March 15, 2014

Reflection of the Soul

Boatman of a lone boat
Rowing the boat
Everyday
In a calm lake
Looking at
His own
Reflection of the soul

One day
He finally saw
Mirror images
Between
Worlds of
Water surface
And
Water bottom
Coexist
Reflecting upon
Each other

This moment
Colours of the heart
Hidden in him for a long time
Cause colourful worlds of
Water surface
And
Water bottom
Emerge naturally
Through both hands

This moment
Only
Silence
And
Tears
Can fully express
What he saw today
Beauty
And heart-felt
Joy

Mar. 2, 2014,
Dalian, by Amy Choi

Seeing

Seeing with ease
Seeing with softness
Discover
Beauty and goodness
Of the world

TimePasses second by second Darkness and silenceCause timeTo pause endlessly

IIn this limitlessDarkSilentPaused spaceAwait the arrival of dawn

DistanceMakes me feel that You are so closeAnd yet so farWithin reachBut untouchable --In two different worlds

IIn this limitlessDarkSilentPaused spaceFeel the distanceAnd await the arrival of dawn

Jan 18, 2013, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Hug My Shadow

If you cannot talk to meyou can talk to my shadow

If you cannot hug meyou can hug my shadow

PerhapsI will be able to get it

Jan 18, 2013, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Hope

Seeing your bottom smooth and soft my heart is filled with hope

Because I am old?or because I seeyour infinite future?

Dec 13, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

TreasureAsk me not where I came fromnor where I will goonly treasurethe timeswhen we meetand when we say good-byein a time and space called random.

Written in the sky on an autumn morning in 2012 by Amy Choi

ExperienceA piece of tea leafLet melightlytasted the love of a previous lifeA short nightlet me experienceinfatuaion, passion and longingExperienceExperienceand again, experience......Let love transform and settle downFascinated or not fascinatedmay it be light and natural.

Aug 30, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

The Love That May NotThe love that may not speakThe desire may not seek

I buriedthe words of lovethe seek of desirein a box residingdeeply in the heart

When I am lonelyI can open the boxand carefully listen to look at have a taste ofthat burninglivinghelplessbeautifuleternalfeeling of --The Love That May Not.

Aug 27, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Face IIA pair of blurry eyesopened half-way from deep sleep

In don!|t know in how many silent nightsI vaguely saw your facein the black-bluesoftlight and shadow of the moon

I closed my eyesand waitfor the facethat I will seewith the half-open eyesunder the light and shadow of the moonin the silent night.

Aug 2, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

FaceThousands and millions of facespassed me byrubbing the sides of my body

Only your silly facehas unknowingly ran into my heartleaving the mark of fireone after each one

It was --pullingsuspensionlovedesireattachmentdrunkennessthe planting of past-life relationship into this life

May the light of wisdomguide me through the darkness with no namelead me to the exit and the shore.

Jul 30, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

FogFog --nuturing a pair of eyestired by trying to see too clearlyClarity --is not what they want to see onlyAnalysis --is not what they know how to do onlyBlur --like a dream, so mysterious, so beautifulChaos --gives the eyes non-linear space for imagination and movementEyes --please get a good rest!Enjoy the blur and the chaos that Fog is giving you

Jul 24, 2012, Dalian by Amy Choi

Struck by Lightening

Lightening struck me from the leftTouched and moved my body and eyes that used to only see darknessScenes after scenes of repeated happeningsEmerged before me in the darkness

Lightening --passed me throughspace and timerealities and dreamsmemories and imagination

The I who was afraid of dreams come trueblocked mybody and mouthstuck me in the space ofmotionlessness and speechlessness.

Jul 1, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

HeartacheLonelinessHas become a gift's wrapping paper for you to be unwrappedHas become an enjoyment of adjusting yourself.The surety, freedom and painlessness that you talk aboutAnd the romance that you open only for yourselfHas become my heartache.

Jul 7, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Riding on Clouds and MistStepping on the sea of cloudsRiding on the mistI look into the distance at people's movementsAnd listen to what they say

Clouds and mistAre myResting place

Across the clouds and mistI observe them

Distance--Lest their mattersDisturb me again.

May 26, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Wild HorseThe wild horse that lives in the space of my thinkingI will let it go outto experience and to see. Past lives and this lifeThe good and the badThe Yin and the Yang The right and the wrongI shall let them appear and present themselvesand shall face them.

Millions of PhenomenaThe millions of evil phenomena that appear in my mindI am not afraid any more I do not resistI learn to see themobserve them in a relaxed waytalk to them and shake hands with them.

The millions of beautiful phenomena that appear in my mindI do not hold onto themI do not hold tightI learn to smile at themenjoy them freely talk to them and say good bye.

In Between Positive and Negative, Heaven and EarthPositive energies reside in heaven and earth.Humans exist between positive and negative, heaven and earthto live out, to draw the rainbows of their lives.

May 14, 2012, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

Initiation of the Sacred WomanThe sacred you - the symbol of the geometry of the beginning and the ending -is prepared to jump to initiate your sacred self.

You know that the safety robe is tied to your ankles. The action of "jumping"is easy and familiar to you.

But if there is an accidentperhapsyou will experiencedeath and rebirth after jump.

Let's jump down together!

...Your heart and belly are not connected. The heart has hidden herself in a forestlostand cannot be found.

The only way to invite her backis to answer "What is this material world?"If your answer is right,the heart will come back...

"What is this material world?""It's light."The heartstill hides in the forest...

"What is this material world?""It's nothing."The heartcomes back slowly and connects itself to the belly...

The moment of death is calm.Nothing can be heard.Time has stopped. We are enjoying the calm and sacred moment.

A Woman Who Could Not Be Completely BadSmoked a cigaretteListened to the seaHoping that the taste of the cigarette and the sound of waveswould help me recall the times where I was completely bad. I smoked three cigarettestried very hard to think.This good woman still could not be completely bad!Because she's afraid?Because she didn't know?Regrets!

My Godly Needle in the SeaYou are my Godly Needle in the SeaWhen I floated afarYou always brought me backWithout youI don't know how far I would have floated.

A Middle WorldIn day-light, I live in a world awake.In night-darkness, I live in a world dreamy.I exist in a middle world that is halfway between being awake and dreamy.

In day-light, I live in a world of matter.In night-darkness, I live in a world of spirit.I explore a middle world where matter and spirit cross.

In day-light, I live in a world of time.In night-darkness, I live in a world of space.I pass through a middle world in which time and space co-exist.

In day-light, I live in a world where movements are conscious.In night-darkness, I live in a world where movements are unconscious.I write poems, draw, sing and dancein a middle world in which movements come from a space between conscious and unconscious.

This mysterious and interesting middle worldhas been lost and forgotten by us.

I invite you to join meto enjoy this middle world unknown to many - the world of rainbows - to exist, to explore, to pass through,to write poems, to draw, to sing and dance.

No WordIn front of you,my mouth was open;but no word came out

March 28, 2012, Dalian by Amy Choi

When Northern and Southern Waters MeetWhen northern water is channelled to the south, there is happiness, harmony and softness.When southern water is channelled to the north, there are some effects.When both waters are channelled to their appropriate uses, things become vibrant.

December 2, 2011, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

CrazyCrazy beasts surfaced in my mindone by onetempted to come out from the cageand moveto touch the crazy world.In the cage, they lingered;In the cage, they looked out;imagining the daywhen they are out exploring the crazy world.

What is Enough?Why are you still starring at me?Do you think this is not enough?Let's go out for a run!Run, run, run. One loop, two loops, three loops...Please let me know when it is enough.

100%I gave my 100%.How about you? Let's danceand celebrate!

August 7, 2011, Hong Kong by Amy Choi

You are My FriendYou are my friend -perhaps you still don't know.I will to do things for you,sharing pains and joys,devoting time and life.Just because,you are my friend.

To Move Or Not To MoveWhy are you still not moving? If you choose to move, I will be with you. I have been carrying your burden for too long. It's so heavy. I have no energy any more. To move or not to move, it is up to you! I shall not carry it any more. I am going now.

July 31, 2011, Shenzhen by Amy Choi

AuthenticityI wait and feel for authenticity - the movements and postures of the subject, and all the feelings, textures, sounds and colours around him/her - to show up in my body and my mind.

The Dark SideI would like to smoke a cigarette with you.By doing so, it seems...we can touch the dark side we have in common. By doing so, it seems...we can share a common feeling - a moment in which pain and joy, dream and reality flash out simultaneously. It makes us feel we are fully present, here and now.You are so familiar with this "painful-joy". You love it. Two fingers holding the cigarette tight, touching the dark side we have in common.

July 20, 2011, Hong Kong, China by Amy Choi

Summer Fruits

I went hiking in an outlying island in Hong Kong on July 19, my birthday. On the hill, I saw many summer fruits - longyan, youjinzi. Although it wasn't the first time I saw these fruits, it was the first time I noticed and "discovered" that this was probably the scene in Nature the day I was born forty something years ago. There were many fruits blossoming - giving the world a sense of fruitfulness and joy. I picked a youjinzi and put it into my mouth. It was first bitter, and then sweet. No more thirsty feeling afterwards.

When I came back in the evening, a friend told me that a baby of a pregnant woman with whom I did a balance with before was born!

He is also a summer fruit. What a coincidence!

I am offering these photos to this baby. It's the scene in Nature the day he was born.